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Back Tattoo by Leon Levinstein, Gary S. Davis — VisualArtsDB

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Back Tattoo

Back Tattoo

Leon Levinstein Gary S. Davis

1953–1963

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 49.2 × 39.5 cm (19 3/8 × 15 9/16 in.) sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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